Cyber Weekend Sales Feedback [Merged Threads]

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They're literally meaningful, difficult to obtain, and specific to content.
What content are they specific to? 100% story can potentially net someone the cat but rng can be r3 groot, og dd, og cap, pat, fixit or diablo. If you want to r3 those champs as I seen on forums someone loves diablo and did it cause he wants to that is fantastic but forcing anyone to rank that person is not. I am a lowly cav that does the 4* challenge itemless, nerfed act 6 champion i was doing 2 lanes in 1 go to save time itemless (bar refills not even a boost). It's a kick in the teeth seeing people that only ran through act 6 but bought all the cats available be further in progress than me. No biggie figure i could use this cyber weekend get some resources that help my act 6 push and more items that truly help my account to boot. I personally didn't ask for much just not a stupid r5 gem but the cats instead and swap that t5 random to a selector.

I'm at 50% of every single t5c
7 r2 6*
12 r5 5* (with 2 gems that meh I'll get around to)
19 r4 5*

31 6* in general 4 duped with rhulk at 60 dupe

And I can very easily have to decide (if I get t5c skill) if I want to r3 og dd for the title.

Not all cavalier are the same that is for sure. Titles should never include rng.
That's just it. Someone can make the argument that the Meta Champs are all that matter, Kabam shouldn't make garbage, no way in hell I'm taking an IP to R3, yadda, yadda, yadda. The fact is, that's a choice. The RNG argument only stretches as far as getting a Cat and having a Champ of that Class. It's still a choice not to Rank what we have.

I never made that argument you did. I would r3 say a yandu. Is he ghost no but he has some usefulness. What useful does pat have.

SparkAlot

3 now here's where the proverbial you know what hit the fan. When you came to the point where you were figuring out the offers for cavalier you did not take into consideration that these are the players that are trying to become thrown breaker and that cavalier players make up the majority of your player base. Meaning that most of the current players in the game are at the cavalier level. Instead of filling the offers with resources that would have aided players in acquiring the thronebreaker title y'all downgraded them (didn't improve them, I'm sorry but y'all dropped the ball) when compared to the offers we received on July 4th. Back in July the difference in the offers between uncollected and cavalier was drastic but most players were cavalier by that point so you were catering to the majority of your player base. That stopped this past Friday and everyone took notice except your marketing team 🤨

As was pointed out by one of the CCP members in a video, this whole thing isn't because the marketing team "forgot" anything, it was because they wanted to do a pure cash grab.

They already had the basic blueprints on what they offered from the 4th of July deals, and they fully knew what they were doing by creating these BF/Cyber weekend deals.

There was no logical reason NOT to offer different packages based on account status like they did on the 4th, if you want gems, go for that package, if you need rankup material pick this package, but, no, they wanted people to buy the offers instead of people using their units that they have been saving up.

You can see the Kabam response both before & during these sales.
They stated that they will NOT change anything in the deals, before the deals landed.
They stated that they will take this to the team for NEXT time when the deals were ongoing.

They aren't backing down at all, so, no this wasn't any type of mistake, it was just greed.

DrZola

I had a word censored from my post that corresponds to the current American president. That was confusing.

I’ve had comments removed. One of them simply noted that I thought Canada celebrated its version of Thanksgiving in October.

Still combing the forums rules to see which one that violates...

Dr. Zola

Dr. Crab

One thing for certain, I'm stoked for Monday to come around so those offers don't have to be there anymore.

GroundedWisdom

They're literally meaningful, difficult to obtain, and specific to content.
What content are they specific to? 100% story can potentially net someone the cat but rng can be r3 groot, og dd, og cap, pat, fixit or diablo. If you want to r3 those champs as I seen on forums someone loves diablo and did it cause he wants to that is fantastic but forcing anyone to rank that person is not. I am a lowly cav that does the 4* challenge itemless, nerfed act 6 champion i was doing 2 lanes in 1 go to save time itemless (bar refills not even a boost). It's a kick in the teeth seeing people that only ran through act 6 but bought all the cats available be further in progress than me. No biggie figure i could use this cyber weekend get some resources that help my act 6 push and more items that truly help my account to boot. I personally didn't ask for much just not a stupid r5 gem but the cats instead and swap that t5 random to a selector.

I'm at 50% of every single t5c
7 r2 6*
12 r5 5* (with 2 gems that meh I'll get around to)
19 r4 5*

31 6* in general 4 duped with rhulk at 60 dupe

And I can very easily have to decide (if I get t5c skill) if I want to r3 og dd for the title.

Not all cavalier are the same that is for sure. Titles should never include rng.
That's just it. Someone can make the argument that the Meta Champs are all that matter, Kabam shouldn't make garbage, no way in hell I'm taking an IP to R3, yadda, yadda, yadda. The fact is, that's a choice. The RNG argument only stretches as far as getting a Cat and having a Champ of that Class. It's still a choice not to Rank what we have.
I never made that argument you did. I would r3 say a yandu. Is he ghost no but he has some usefulness. What useful does pat have.

It wasn't about him specifically. I was displaying the difference between need versus want. What people need for the Title is one R3. What they want is an R3 that is on a very short list compared to what's out there. Which means they compound their own RNG issues.

GroundedWisdom

One thing for certain, I'm stoked for Monday to come around so those offers don't have to be there anymore.

T minus 2 months and counting.

Lovejoy72

I had a word censored from my post that corresponds to the current American president. That was confusing.
I’ve had comments removed. One of them simply noted that I thought Canada celebrated its version of Thanksgiving in October.

Still combing the forums rules to see which one that violates...

Dr. Zola

I randomly flag innocuous comments when I get bored. Sorry.

Zuko_ILC

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Kabam has the CCP.....they should run the offers by them. Lots are end game players that can give great feedback. Makes no sense not to involve them. This years offers were somewhat disappointing.

Chrisco66

Only way it’ll change peeps is 1 $top $pending & 2 keep voicing your opinions here. They’ll notice

Snizzbar

I had a word censored from my post that corresponds to the current American president. That was confusing.

Interesting to see that after four years of horror his five-letter surname is now a four-letter swear word

Dino7878

Kabam, is this your sales strategy.

Make the thronebreaker deals so good. get the youtubers to whale out on it and showcase to the cavs how good, getting what they want. and in turn think that will make the cavs spend even more to get thronebreaker title faster for the next round of deals?

Roguefrogger13

I don't know I don't think any title in this game should depend on RNG. I think that's the point most people in this thread are trying to make.

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WeeHobbit89

Wow, so many people claiming their getting screwed by the deals. The only ones getting screwed here are the ones willing to hand all their money to kabam. Save your money for something worth it. (Former addict speaking)

Dr. Crab

Man, I just realized had I just bought the 2 offers they had for the t5cc selectors a few weeks ago, I'd be throne breaker...I remember thinking to myself that it was unfathomable that they wouldn't be in the cash offers on cyber weekend and if id hold off id get a way better deal...did not see this coming!

Scopeotoe987

Why has kabam not commented on all this? There is a large majority of cav / Ftp players that are rightfully upset with how things are going and so far it’s been nothing but silence...

Moot4Life

Why has kabam not commented on all this? There is a large majority of cav / Ftp players that are rightfully upset with how things are going and so far it’s been nothing but silence...

because they dont need to. whales already spent.

Scopeotoe987

Why has kabam not commented on all this? There is a large majority of cav / Ftp players that are rightfully upset with how things are going and so far it’s been nothing but silence...
because they dont need to. whales already spent.

They can try to ignore it, but if they do it will only get worse before it gets any better.

TheBestinTuakau

Nah I'm actually done with this stupid game and the company that runs it. These cyber weekend deals put me on the edge of leaving the game or staying. But after reading the gifting event announcement it's clear to me all Kabam wants is your wallet. Kabam, you say selectors should be a rare item yet you give a FULL t5cc selector to the top 30 people who can throw the most money at you in the span of 2 weeks. You also throw in a 10% selector every other week. So much for a rare item.

Seeya later Kabam. Pulling stunts like this is losing you loyal players like myself. All I can say is thank you for freeing up some of my time

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Noodes_

Man, I just realized had I just bought the 2 offers they had for the t5cc selectors a few weeks ago, I'd be throne breaker...I remember thinking to myself that it was unfathomable that they wouldn't be in the cash offers on cyber weekend and if id hold off id get a way better deal...did not see this coming!

Same, but I didn’t want to take the risk, so I bought those offers. Not trying to rub it in, just saying that probably nobody predicted THIS

Dromar_13

So You all are telling me that Kabam thinks I'm at the same level of who actually has beaten Sentinel on first chapter, right?
I got the wrong catalysts, RNG with fragments was so bad against me, so I cannot have a r3. I'm.Breaker of thrones, but I have Cavalier Title. Nice.

Im sure you have a 6* champ that you can take to r3, you just want the perfect champ to do it, sometimes you cant, I had to take Manthing to r3 because something told me that kabam was going to pull a fast one and I was right.

Sbkrueb

Tomorrow morning at Kabam:

Boss: Hey Miike, we need you too jump on and deal with this thread.

Miike: Please no, I was following it all weekend. There's over 1000 comments and only Grounded Wisdom is backing us up, and no one even takes him seriously. Please let Boo handle it.

Boo: Oh nuh-uh, they still actually like me. No way, I'm going to go write up the intro for the christmas events, later-tater.

Miike: oh my *****

zaspacer

I'm a "low-tier" Cavalier player, with low spend level. The unpopular Cyber Weekend offers actually help me, and people in my demographic.

Most gains in this game (and life) are "relative": considered in relation to what other players gain. It's like one big race. You only need to outperform others to get better rewards. And it's only your results relative to others (including yourself in the past) that determine the quality of your rewards.

If you don't spend, then any cash offer the spenders don't buy helps you keep up with them. If you don't grind, they any unit offer the grinders don't buy helps you keep up with them. (unless it leads to issues that cause Kabam/others to reduce support for your gameplay: profit loss means cutting developer staff, community outcry means special rewards for other players not you, etc.)

I made Cav before July 4th, 2020. On July 4th, I got all the 5-Star Cav unit offers, and all the 3 lowest offers (which is much more than I normally spend). This gave me a stacked 5-Star Roster. Now all I need to do is get a R3 6-Star and finish Act 6. And I'm not that close. But with all the high-Cavalier players stuck at the R3 6-Star gate, I have the opening I need to catch up to them. And players behind me didn't have the same quality offers on Cyber Weekend that I got on July 4th, and I'm not stuck in progression, so they can't really catch up to me either.

The Cavalier drama issues are a "win" (in a PvP sense) for:
1) pay TB players (who can get ahead of all other players)
2) non-pay, non-grind Cav-and-below players (who can keep pace with pay and/or grind Cav-and-below players)
3) Cavalier players that (a) have stacked 5-Star rosters, but (b) aren't close to a R3 6-Star OR completing Act 6. (who can catchup to high-tier Cavalier players stuck at the R3 6-Star gate)
(unless it leads Kabam/others to cut support for your gameplay)

StevieManWonder

Why has kabam not commented on all this? There is a large majority of cav / Ftp players that are rightfully upset with how things are going and so far it’s been nothing but silence...

Well, they already did. Miike said earlier that they are taking the feedback and learning from it for future deals. Beyond that, there really isn't anything left to say or do. They won't just change the deals now because that will cause a whole other sh*tstorm. If they change the deals, what about the people like myself who already bought them? Do we get new items as well and the people who buy the new deals only get the new stuff? Do the people who bought the deals already miss out on the new deals? Do they get to buy them again?
There really isn't any good choice for Kabam, any way they do it, people will be mad. I for one would be pissed if the deals got changed now and I either didn't get the new stuff in my inbox or if they asked me to pay for the deals again since I bought the deals under the information that they would not change. If I would get sent the new stuff, people would be upset that I got to essentially double dip on some of the offers.
The best thing to do is just leave it, unfortunately.

1_ShuNeu_1

Spending is only one aspect. If it was all just about money, they'd likely pollute the game with Sales for Class Cats. The game balance is also something that needs to be taken into consideration.
Gifting event says hi
People keep bringing up Gifting, but they don't stop to consider the numbers. How many people would have hit TB with CM versus how many people are going to actually benefit from Gifting? Think.
Did you even see the rewards for gifting event..just go look at the solo rank rewards.. Doesn't matter if I'm conqueror, UC, CV or TB.. If I spend money, I can get the best rewards in the game.. Even Hardest of the quests(Abyss 100%/Act6 100%) wont give me those rewards. Game balance and your statement
"Spending is only one aspect. If it was all just about money, they'd likely pollute the game with Sales"
are just jokes..

Money >>>>>>>> Skill
120 people will get significant Rewards from Solo. 120, who will be spending tens of thousands of dollars to get it. The amount alone means they'll be earning it, but stop and think. 120 people, versus how many would have jumped to TB this weekend. I can assure you the number would have been much higher. There are always limitations to these things. Not even money can get past the game balance.
Sir, game balance is a joke. See my post for more clarity.
I've seen your Post. It lacks information.
Gifting. Event. Cyber. Weekend. If you've seen these rewards and think that game balance is still in tact, you are braindead or don't play the game. Don't even get me started on beginner progression neither my guy
I see. So you think because there are a limited amount available because of spending, game balance isn't a thing. You would be wrong. If game balance wasn't a thing, there would be no limitations on Resources. Everyone would be Thronebreaker, no one would have to wait for any Resource, no one would be able to play for free, and the Devs would work one day a week.
Beginner progression is a) not the same as it used to be, and b) very different for someone learning to play the game and not starting an Alt. By all means, get started. Just have some substance to your conjecture.

Game balance is totally in tact when you can spend your way to the top
They gave t5c offers for purchase which bypasses the play wall

You can buy cavs after cavs and get champs, iso, gold, etc
You for the most part don’t have to play much if at all to get a bomb account

People are mad and you aren’t gonna change that bickering
They totally messed over a huge amount of players based on a ranked 3 6*
That’s the issue and you really should just drop it because you aren’t helping

Skywalker77

My sigil and United card expired today s they sent me the renewal emAil.Bahahahahaha...you **** me and then ask for more money?! No soup for you!!

GroundedWisdom

Spending is only one aspect. If it was all just about money, they'd likely pollute the game with Sales for Class Cats. The game balance is also something that needs to be taken into consideration.
Gifting event says hi
People keep bringing up Gifting, but they don't stop to consider the numbers. How many people would have hit TB with CM versus how many people are going to actually benefit from Gifting? Think.
Did you even see the rewards for gifting event..just go look at the solo rank rewards.. Doesn't matter if I'm conqueror, UC, CV or TB.. If I spend money, I can get the best rewards in the game.. Even Hardest of the quests(Abyss 100%/Act6 100%) wont give me those rewards. Game balance and your statement
"Spending is only one aspect. If it was all just about money, they'd likely pollute the game with Sales"
are just jokes..

Money >>>>>>>> Skill
120 people will get significant Rewards from Solo. 120, who will be spending tens of thousands of dollars to get it. The amount alone means they'll be earning it, but stop and think. 120 people, versus how many would have jumped to TB this weekend. I can assure you the number would have been much higher. There are always limitations to these things. Not even money can get past the game balance.
Sir, game balance is a joke. See my post for more clarity.
I've seen your Post. It lacks information.
Gifting. Event. Cyber. Weekend. If you've seen these rewards and think that game balance is still in tact, you are braindead or don't play the game. Don't even get me started on beginner progression neither my guy
I see. So you think because there are a limited amount available because of spending, game balance isn't a thing. You would be wrong. If game balance wasn't a thing, there would be no limitations on Resources. Everyone would be Thronebreaker, no one would have to wait for any Resource, no one would be able to play for free, and the Devs would work one day a week.
Beginner progression is a) not the same as it used to be, and b) very different for someone learning to play the game and not starting an Alt. By all means, get started. Just have some substance to your conjecture.
Game balance is totally in tact when you can spend your way to the top
They gave t5c offers for purchase which bypasses the play wall

You can buy cavs after cavs and get champs, iso, gold, etc
You for the most part don’t have to play much if at all to get a bomb account

People are mad and you aren’t gonna change that bickering
They totally messed over a huge amount of players based on a ranked 3 6*
That’s the issue and you really should just drop it because you aren’t helping

Game balance has nothing to do with allowing F2P to catch up to, or go head-to-head with, spenders. There is no F2P vs. P2P. You just can't keep up with them. Nor is there a race to compete with the people already at Thronebreaker. Anyone who is well into the Title and never even batted an eyelash when it came out is not competing with people struggling to get their first R3. I think people are overestimating their position.
Game balance changes as the situation changes. It's not even a specific number tally so much as it is keeping an overall pace for growth. Even the whaliest of whales can't change the fact that there are limits on how much you can buy. The idea that game balance is a myth is just petulant.

1_ShuNeu_1

Spending is only one aspect. If it was all just about money, they'd likely pollute the game with Sales for Class Cats. The game balance is also something that needs to be taken into consideration.
Gifting event says hi
People keep bringing up Gifting, but they don't stop to consider the numbers. How many people would have hit TB with CM versus how many people are going to actually benefit from Gifting? Think.
Did you even see the rewards for gifting event..just go look at the solo rank rewards.. Doesn't matter if I'm conqueror, UC, CV or TB.. If I spend money, I can get the best rewards in the game.. Even Hardest of the quests(Abyss 100%/Act6 100%) wont give me those rewards. Game balance and your statement
"Spending is only one aspect. If it was all just about money, they'd likely pollute the game with Sales"
are just jokes..

Money >>>>>>>> Skill

“Spending is only one aspect”
Yea spending thousands on a mobile game isn’t unbalanced and profiting off addiction

Then the next breath he says “people will be spending 10 of thousands... they earned it”

This dude delusionalwisdom doesn’t make sense and argues just to argue
He will use the most heavy mental gymnastics to try and justify a point when everything he says is false

1_ShuNeu_1

Why has kabam not commented on all this? There is a large majority of cav / Ftp players that are rightfully upset with how things are going and so far it’s been nothing but silence...

“It’s the weekend”
They’ve “warned me” twice for arguing with delusionalwisdom but they aren’t active on the forums beyond removing bloat comments